Roaming through this darkness
I'm alive but I'm alone
Part of me is fighting this
But part of me is gone
:Part Two:
'It's raining again.' he thought hazily. Sasuke tried to rise slowly, but his dark hair obscured his vision and he fell into the mud.
'Tired. I'm so…tired.' He tried to get up again, but his body refused to obey him. His muscles felt like they were on fire. Instead he settled for turning his head slightly, looking to his left. There, not fifteen feet away, a dark figure covered in an Akatsuki cloak lay in an ever widening pool of crimson blood, though the corpse's heart had stopped beating long ago.
'I've killed him.' he let out a slow, mirthless chuckle. But soon he had to stop when the taste of wet mud filled his mouth and he choked, coughing.
Finally, he summoned enough strength to turn over onto his back. He paid no heed to the filth he was smearing onto his white haori. It was drenched with blood anyway. "What now?" he stared at the swirling clouds above him. Yes, he'd done what he had strived for, for so many years.
He lifted an unsteady hand, that clenched right above his heart. "So why do I feel so…hollow inside?" He could feel his eyes drifting shut. He knew he'd lost too much blood. He was going to die here.
Suddenly he heard footsteps, and his eyes flew open. Was it Itachi's shark partner? No, he'd killed him days ago.
Then his vision was filled with blond hair, and depthless blue eyes. "Na-ruto." his voice cracked. He noticed with detachment that the other wore the robes of the Hokage. 'When did that happen?'
"Did you fulfill your dream?"
Sasuke nodded slowly, his gaze still fixed on his blue eyes.
"Are you happy now?"
After a moment of silence, Sasuke shook his head weakly.
"I…want to go home." he whispered, and suddenly his blond was smiling widely at him. Green light flashed, and a slight tingling told him his wounds were healed. He tried to sit up, only to be pushed back down.
"Stay still. I don't have the skill to completely heal them." wearily he complied, but suddenly felt himself lifted up by two strong arms. Sasuke didn't have the energy to protest as Naruto covered him up with the edge of his robes and held him tight.
"Sleep, Sasuke."
Sasuke gave up struggling and buried his face in the crook of Naruto's neck.
And maybe, he wasn't too far gone already to hear him whisper a distant, I love you...
:End Part Two:
A/N: Well...That certainly didn't turn out how I planned it... I planned to have a scene where they met again, just after the three year divide. But I've never read the manga that far, and couldn't find the right anime episode, so...I hope you liked what was planned to be the third chapter anyway! I'll have to think of something different for the next one!
